To commemorate the 20th year celebration of Good Neighbor Awards, NAR doubled the grants awarded to the winners' nonprofit organizations from $10,000 to $20,000 – an announcement which came as a surprise to both the winners and the hundreds of people attending the commemorative ceremony in San Francisco, CA.

Cybercrimes, including those involving transfer fraud and compromised records in real estate transactions, have increased over the past two years, and in 2019 – due to poor security systems and neglectful behaviors – these crimes and similar criminality are on a record-setting pace.